The Flamingos, The Moonglows, The Spaniels – such legendary groups dominated the doowop scene in Chicago in the 1950s. These artists and others, along with the stories of the record companies that propelled them onto the national music scene, are chronicled in Robert Pruter’s Doowop: The Chicago Scene. Join musicologist Robert Pruter as he discusses the history of doowop and the people that made it part of Chicago lore.

Blackstone Branch Library, 4904 S. Lake Park Ave., 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium